Surfing

Grant Baker won the Biggest Paddle Wave award for paddling into a seriously big wave at Dungeons off Cape Town . The award is sponsored by O’ Neill and is aptly titled “Raw Courage” South Africa is on the fore front of big wave surfing with many of our surfers gaining experience in the cold […]

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Just in case any of our readers were unable to get down to Supertubes for the Xcel Pro which was held last week, we bring you the semifinals and the final of this prestigious Locals only surf contest in Jeffreys Bay. The first semifinal saw eventual event winner Ryan Payne take on up and coming […]

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After an excellent day of surf at Supertubes, local favourite and 2009 winner Ryan Payne emerged victorious at the Xcel Pro Showdown @ Supertubes 2010. Ryan was seeded into the second round of the event as a result of last year’s win, and charged all the way through to the final where he came up […]

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The organizers of the J’Bay locals only surf contest, the Xcel Pro have announced that the event should start at 10 AM. The first heat is sure to be a cracker with Junior Springbok surfers Dane Staples and Dylan Lightfoot meeting up with experienced Supertubes campaigner Stuart Shelver. Up next will see Ari Kraak, Bertie […]

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An approaching swell and a favourable wind forecast has prompted the Xcel Pro event organisers to announce that the contest will run tomorrow Tuesday 11 May. Already there are great waves funnelling down at Supertubes, and tomorrow’s forecast looks bigger and cleaner. “It’s going to be a real Supertubes day tomorrow,” said Xcel’s Koffie Jacobs. […]

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The organizers of the locals only Xcel Pro surf contest in Jeffreys Bay have announced that the contest is on standby for Tuesday. Another call will be made on Monday morning. Koffie Jacobs the organizer of the event said the swell is looking good and if all the conditions remain the same, the Xcel pro […]

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Despite a building swell, the Xcel Pro Surf Contest organizers have decided to extend the waiting period into next week. According to contest director Koffie Jacobs, the swell size is looking promising but the wind maybe a bit too west for optimal Supertubes. “We are looking for a combination of the right swell direction and […]

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The Mexican Restaurant in Jeffreys Bay was cooking last night as it was the venue of the opening function of the 2010 Xcel Pro Showdown At Supertubes. Invites for the opening function were in high demand after last year’s opening function became the talk of the town. It not often that the local surf community […]

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The second edition of the locals only Xcel Pro Showdown at Supers is just around the corner, and the contest organisers have come up with slightly different contest format as to last year. The 2009 finalists Ryan Payne, Warren Dean, Deon Lategan and Stanley Badger will all be seeded with heats of 30 minutes duration. […]

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The list of names for the Xcel Pro 2010 has been announced. There are some old faces, some new faces and some young blood amongst the invited surfers, with every one of them having a solid track record at Supertubes. The Xcel Pro Showdown At Supers is an invite-only event and the criteria to be […]